A majority of the 2,400 owners of single-family homes in Falls Church soon could be allowed to build standalone accessory-dwelling units (ADUs) with far less government oversight. City Council members on Monday (Nov. 25) formally started the ball rolling on a five-month consideration of allowing ADUs "by right" in neighborhoods zoned R-1A (low-density residential) and
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